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Jethroe, Sam
And finally for today one of my personal faves. Not regarded among the elite but made it all the way to the bigs in his late career phase, playing three seasons for the Braves in the '50s and even winning the 1950 RoY. Nicknamed "The Jet" for obvious reasons, one player described him as being able to "outrun the word of God".
Started off playing catcher and spent some time in the IF, but was predominantly a CF with great range but only an average arm. More gap than HR power, but a great player.
Straight up 80-110% profile.
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